Here’s the situation: You just hit the submit button on the Commission’s website to request activation of your real estate license and/or to affiliate with a broker-in-charge. Once the License Activation and Broker Affiliation Form(Form REC 2.08) is successfully submitted, you will receive an automatically generated email stating that the form has been received by NCREC with a copy of the submitted form attached.
And now, you wait for confirmation that you hold an active license with your desired brokerage company. And you wait an hour… and you wait a day… and then you feel compelled to call or email the Commission to see why your request has not been processed yet. You don’t’ need to do that – at least, not yet!
As soon as the form was successfully submitted, you received an automatic but temporary 30-day license approval/activation. This temporary approval means you can consider yourself actively affiliated with the BIC identified in the form and begin practicing brokerage; however, this affiliation will not show up in your license record until the form is fully processed. Commission staff will process the form no later than the end of that 30-day period.
The Commission receives and processes between 500-1000 activation forms every month, plus other forms and inquiries. So, if you have not received written approval or denial of your request within 25 days, it would now be advisable for you to contact the Commission to see why you have not received any notice. If you receive notice that your request has been denied, you should immediately discontinue brokerage activity and contact the Commission to fully understand the reason for denial.